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Skeletal System

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1. Mature bone cells located in lacunae.






2. The visceral bone in the snout of swine that strengthens it for the rooting behavior of pigs.






3. A skull bone that is one of the internal bones of the cranium; forms the floor of the cranium and contains the pituitary fossa - a depressin that houses the pituitary gland.






4. One of two bones (the radius is the other) that form the antebrachium - or forearm; forms a major portion of the elbow joint with the distal end of the humerus.






5. The group of vertebrae located dorsal to the thoracic region; noted for their tall dorsal spinous processes.






6. Skull bones that are part of the internal bones of the face; also known as the nasal conchae. Four thin - scroll - like bones that fill most of the space in the nasal cavity.






7. A skull bone; an internal bone of the cranium. This single bone is located just rostral to the sphenoid bone and contains the cribriform plate.






8. The smooth joint surface of a bone that contacts another bone in a synovial joint.






9. The junction between two bones; can be completely immovable (fibrous) - slightly movable (cartilaginous) or freely movable (synovial).






10. The bony roof of the mouth; the division between the mouth and the nasal cavity. Made up of portions of the maxillary and palatine bones.






11. The joint composed of the carpal bones; referred to as the 'knee' of the horse and the 'wrist' of humans.






12. The joint movement whereby an extremity is moved toward the median plane.






13. The hormone secreted by the parathyroid gland that prevents the level of calcium in the blood from getting too low.






14. The main growth area of a bone developing by endochondral method; areas of bone development that are located in the main portions of the cartilage rod bone templates in the developing fetus.






15. The sievelike area of the ethmoid bone through which the many branches of the olfactory nerve pass from the upper portion of the nasal cavity to the olfactory bulbs of the brain.






16. Skull bones that are the bones of the ear; three pair of bones in the middle ear that transmit sound wave vibrations from the tympanic membrane to the inner ear.






17. The outer layer of a bone that is composed of compact bone.






18. A freely movable synovial joint.






19. The main - weight - bearing bone of the lower leg; forms the stifle joint with the femur proximal to it and the hock with the tarsus distal to it.






20. The kneecap; the largest sesamoid bone in the body; located on the front surface of the stifle joint in the tendon of the large quadriceps femoris muscle. It rides in the trochlea of the femur.






21. Long - faced. Example: Collie.






22. A general name for a lump - bump - or other projection on a bone; can be articular processes or nonarticular processes - which are usually sites where tendons attach.






23. The lay term for the most proximal joint of the equine digit - which is the joint between the large metacarpal or metatarsal and the proximal phalanx. The proximal sesamoid bones are located on the caudal surface of this joint.






24. A ball - and - socket joint - such as the shoulder or hip joint. Capable of all synovial joint motions.






25. A skull bone that is one of the external bones of the cranium; the caudal - most bone of the skull that forms the atlanto - occipital joint with the first cervical vertebra through the occipital condyles. The large foramen magnum in the occipital bon






26. The group of vertebrae located dorsal to the abdominal region.






27. Bones formed in the soft organs (viscera); examples include the os penis - the os cordis - and the os rostri.






28. Small cavities within the matrix of some connective tissues - such as cartilage and bone - within which cells are contained.






29. The healing tissue between the ends of a fractured bone that is eventually replaced by true bone as the fracture heals.






30. The bones of the tarsus - consisting of two rows of short bones located between the distal ends of the tibia and fibula and the proximal ends of the metatarsal bones.






31. A space within a skull bone that is an outpouching of a nasal cavity; depending on the species - these are found within the frontal bones - maxillary bones - sphenoid bones - and ethmoid bones.






32. The cartilaginous disk located between the bodies of adjacent vertebrae; acts as a shock absorber for the vertebrae.






33. The area of a bone that joins the head with the main portion of the bone.






34. Membrane bone formation; the type of bone formation that occurs only in certain skull bones when bone froms in the fibrous tissue membranes that cover the brain of the developing fetus.






35. The end of a long bone; each long bone has a proximal and distal _____.






36. The hematopoietic type of bone marrow.






37. A skull bone; one of the external bones of the face. It is the lower jaw - the only movable skull bone - and contains all of the lower teeth.






38. Skull bones that are external bones of the cranium; form the lateral walls of the cranium - contain the middle and inner ear structures - and are the skull bones that form the temporomandibular joints with the mandible.






39. The most caudal of the three pairs of bones that make up the pelvis.






40. The visceral bone in the heart of cattle that helps support the valves of the heart.






41. The fibrous membrane that lines the hollow interiors of bones.






42. The socket portion of the ball - and - socket hip joint; it is formed at the junction of the ilium - ischium - and pubic bones of the pelvis.






43. The eardrum; a paper - thin connective tissue membrane that stretches across the opening of the external ear canal into the middle ear.






44. A pair of large holes in the pelvis located on either side of the pubic symphysis; the role seems to be to lighten the pelvis because no large nerves or vessels pass through them.






45. One of the irregular bones of the spinal column.






46. The second cervical vertebra; it forms the atlantoaxial joint with the first cervical vertebra - the atlas.






47. Skull bones that are part of the internal bones of the face; make up the caudal portion of the hard palate.






48. A skull bone that is one of the internal bones of the face; forms part of the nasal septum.






49. Ankle joint or tarsus; joins the tibiotarsus and the tarsometatarsus.






50. The last - most caudal sternebra; the _____ process.